I got up this morning and was hoping to get a bike ride in, but it was pouring down rain. Maybe it would stop later.
I headed off to Aikido class. One of my joys in life is when one of my ukes gets out of breath and has to take a break. Especially an Aikido black belt. I love running Aikido black belts and brown belts into the floor! *evil grin* (I am only a 3rd kyu blue belt in Aikido…3rd dan black belt in karate though *wink*) A nice 1 hour warm up.
I shopped through a few thrift stores to see if they had any decent bikes. Nah. Junk! Huffy, Murry, & Free Spirit. And that was the GOOD stuff!
Anyway, I got home and ran my scheduled 8 miles at an average 10:16 pace. And the sun came out (at least briefly). So I decided to take my bike out.
I considered mounting the bike rack on my car, going down and taking a relatively flat easy ride along the canal (Erie). But opted to take the hilly ride directly from my house. I rode the 5.5 miles to the BK my wife works at. Ate a whopper jr w/ cheese, and a got a large diet coke. Then it started to rain again! *suck!* So then I rode the 5.5 miles home into a cold rainy head wind. At least the rain stopped about halfway home. I just got home, and am typing this. Now I am going to go climb into a hot bath and warm up!
I love Aikido, have you ever tried it in the ran? Its pretty fun…..
Comment by Ian L. — December 20, 2007 @ 4:56 am
Training in Aikido Outside is a completley different training session for me, cant say ive trained in the rain though!
Comment by Aikido Student — July 7, 2009 @ 4:27 pm
I enjoy doing karate out in the rain sometimes. It adds a new element to practicing my katas. Sort of honing the focus and spirit.
Comment by Rob — July 7, 2009 @ 4:39 pm